coextensiveness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin extendō Latin extēnsus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin extensīvusder. Middle English extensive English extensive English coextensive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English coextensiveness From coextensive + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The property of being coextensive.
This disjunction might pick out the same extension as the concept cat, but being able to entertain that complex disjunction isn’t sufficient for having that concept despite this coextensiveness.
2007 September 1, Daniel A. Weiskopf, “The origins of concepts”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 3, →DOI: